Research

Research Interests

Public Finance
Social Policy / Old-Age Security
Health Economics
Demographic Change
Regional Economics
Education Economics
Migration
Political Economy
Gender Economics

Work in Progress

Stumpf, E. and S. Uebelmesser (2024): Lifting the Veil of Ignorance - Survey Experiments on Preferences for Wealth Redistribution, CESifo Working Paper No. 11126, Munich.
Casarico, A., J. Schuetz and S. Uebelmesser (2024): Gender inequality over the life cycle, information provision and policy preferences, CESifo Working Paper No. 10916, Munich (for a presentation at the WIFO, October 2023, see here).
Stumpf, E., Schuetz, J. S. Uebelmesser, C. Aprea and R. Baginski (2024): Beliefs about demographic change: How well are individuals informed?, Jena Economics Research Papers (JERP) 2024-03, Jena. R&R
Baginski, R., C. Aprea, S. Frick, J. Schuetz and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Development and validation of a test instrument measuring the understanding of pension systems. Mimeo, Universität Mannheim.
Dylong, P. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Intergroup Contact and Exposure to Information about Immigrants: Experimental Evidence, CESifo Working Paper No. 10808, Munich.
Peter, J. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Regional Determinants of Attitudes Towards Immigrants, Jena Economics Research Papers (JERP) 2023-20, Jena. R&R
Huber, M., T. Nikolka, P. Poutvaara, A.-M. Sommerfeld and S. Uebelmesser (2022): Migration Aspirations and Intentions, CESifo Working Paper No. 9708, Munich.
Bareinz, P. and S. Uebelmesser (2020): The Role of Information Provision for Attitudes Towards Immigration: An Experimental Investigation, CESifo Working Paper No. 8635, Munich.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Dylong, P., P. Setzepfand and S. Uebelmesser (2024): Priming Attitudes toward Immigrants: Implications for Migration Research and Survey Design, European Journal of Political Economy 85, 102554.
Kulka, A., T. Nikolka, P. Poutvaara and S. Uebelmesser (2024): International applicability of education and migration aspirations, Journal of Economic Geography (forthcoming).
Huynh, T. and S. Uebelmesser (2024): Early warning models for systemic banking crises: can political indicators improve prediction?, European Journal of Political Economy 81, 102484.
Dylong, P. and S. Uebelmesser (2024): Biased Beliefs about Immigration and Economic Concerns: Evidence from Representative Experiments, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 217, 453-482.
Schuetz, J. S. Uebelmesser, C. Aprea and R. Baginski (2023): Pension Reform Preferences in Germany: Does Information Matter?, European Journal of Political Economy 80, 102476.
Huber, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Presence of Language-Learning Opportunities and Migration, Labour Economics 84, 102409.
Maghularia, R. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Do Immigrants Affect Crime? Evidence from Panel Data for Germany, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 211, 486-512.
Huber, M. , A.-M. Sommerfeld and S. Uebelmesser (2022): Language Learning: Human Capital Investment or Consumption, Empirica 49, 897-948 (open access).
Koenings, F., J. Peter and S. Uebelmesser (2022). Non-academic involvement of international students and their role for academic progress, Journal of Higher Education Research 44(2-3), 106-126.
Uebelmesser, S., A.-M. Sommerfeld and S. Weingarten (2022). A macro-level analysis of language learning and migration, German Economic Review 23, 181-232 (open access).
Roca Paz, R. and S. Uebelmesser (2021). Risk Attitudes and Migration Decisions, Journal of Regional Science 61, 649-684. (open access).
d'Andria, D. and S. Uebelmesser (2021). The relationship between profit-sharing schemes and R&D intensity: evidence from German firm-level data", Industry and Innovation 28(8), 990-1016.
Koenings, F., T. Haussen, S. Toepfer and S. Uebelmesser (2021). Coming to Stay or to Go? Stay Intention and Involved Uncertainty of International Students, Journal of Regional Science 61, 329-351 (open access).
Koenings, F., G. Di Meo and S. Uebelmesser (2020). University Rankings as Information Source: Do they play a Different Role for Domestic and International Students?, Applied Economics 52(59), 6432-6447.
Demange, G., R. Fenge and S. Uebelmesser (2020). Competition in the quality of higher education: the impact of student mobility. International Tax and Public Finance 27, 1224-1263 (open access).
Haussen, T. and S. Uebelmesser (2018): No Place like Home? Graduate Migration in Germany, Growth and Change: A Journal of Urban and Regional Policy 349, 442-472.
Haussen, T. and S. Uebelmesser (2018): Job Changes and Interregional Migration of Graduates, Regional Studies 52, 1346-1359.
Uebelmesser, S., M. Huber and S. Weingarten (2018): The German Language Worldwide: A New Dataset on Language Learning, CESifo Economic Studies 64(1), 103-121.
Stark, O., L. Byra, A. Casarico and S. Uebelmesser (2017): A Critical Comparison of Migration Policies: Entry Fee versus Quota, Regional Science and Urban Economics 66, 91-107.
Haussen, T. and S. Uebelmesser (2016): Student and Graduate Migration and its Effect on the Financing of Higher Education, Education Economics 24(6), 573-591.
Hessami, Z. and S. Uebelmesser (2016): A Political-Economy Perspective on Social Expenditures: Corruption and In-Kind versus Cash Transfers, Economics of Governance 17(1), 71-100.
Demange, G., R. Renge and S. Uebelmesser (2015): Quality of Education and the Number of Students: A General-Equilibrium Analysis, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics (JITE) 171(3), 456-477.
Borck, R., S. Uebelmesser and M. Wimbersky (2015): Political Economics of Higher Education Finance with Mobile Individuals, FinanzArchiv / Public Finance Analysis 71, 82-105.
Fuchs, K. and S. Uebelmesser (2014): Can There Be Too Much Privatization? The Role of Political Incentives, CESifo Economic Studies 60(4), 722-746.
Demange, G., R. Fenge and S. Uebelmesser (2014): Financing Higher Education in a Mobile World, Journal of Public Economic Theory 16, 343-371.
Geis, W., S. Uebelmesser and M. Werding (2013): How Do Migrants Choose Their Destination Country? An Analysis of Institutional Determinants, Review of International Economics 21, 825-840.
Hessami, Z. and S. Uebelmesser (2013): Empirical Determinants of In-Kind Redistribution: Partisan Biases and the Role of Inflation, Economics Letters 118, 318-320.
Casarico, A., C. Devillanova, O. Stark and S. Uebelmesser (2012): On the Formation of International Migration Policies when no Country Has an Exclusive Policy-Setting Say, Regional Science and Urban Economics 42, 420-429.
Geis, W., S. Uebelmesser and M. Werding (2011): Why Go to France or Germany, if You Could as Well Go to the UK or the US? Selective Features of Immigration to Four Major OECD Countries, Journal of Common Market Studies 49, 767-796.
Becker, B. and S. Uebelmesser (2010): Health Insurance Competition in Germany - the Role of Advertising, Schmollers Jahrbuch 130, 169-194.
Haupt, A. and S. Uebelmesser (2009): Voting on Labour-Market Integration and Education Policy when Citizens Differ in Mobility and Ability, Public Finance and Management 9 (Special Issue: Heterogeneity, Spatial Voting and Public Policy), 360-392.
Demange, G., R. Fenge and S. Uebelmesser (2008): The Provision of Higher Education in a Global World - Analysis and Policy Implications, CESifo Economic Studies, 248-276.
Boerner, K. and S. Uebelmesser (2007): Migration and the Welfare State: The Economic Power of the Non-Voter?, International Tax and Public Finance 14, 93-111.
Mikosch, H. and S. Uebelmesser (2007): Staatsverschuldungsunterschiede im internationalen Vergleich und Schlussfolgerungen für Deutschland, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik 4, 309-334.
Fenge, R., S. Uebelmesser and M. Werding (2006): On the Optimal Timing of Implicit Social Security Taxes over the Life Cycle, FinanzArchiv 62, 68-107.
Uebelmesser, S. (2006): To Go or Not to Go: Emigration from Germany, German Economic Review 7, 211-231.
Uebelmesser, S. (2004): Harmonisation of Old-Age Security within the European Union, CESifo Economic Studies 50, 717-743.
Uebelmesser, S. (2004): Political Feasibility of Pension Reforms, Topics in Economic Analysis & Policy 4, Article 20.
Thum, C. and S. Uebelmesser (2003): Mobility and the Role of Education as a Commitment Device, International Tax and Public Finance 10, 549-564.
Sinn, H.-W. and S. Uebelmesser (2002): Pensions and the Path to Gerontocracy in Germany, European Journal of Political Economy 19, 153-158.

Chapters in Books

Van der Hoek, S., M. Menter and S. Uebelmesser (2023): "The Determinants of Refugee Entrepreneurship: A Cross-Culture Study", Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2022: BCERC Proceedings, Babson College Center for Entrepreneurship, 134-139.
Menter, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2022): "Innovationsland Thüringen - Potenziale und Herausforderungen von Zuwanderung", in: G. Pehnelt (ed.): Fragen unserer Zeit, Logos Verlag, Berlin, 2022, 211-221.
Uebelmesser, S. (2020): "II. Räumliche Mobilität unter wirtschaftlicher Betrachtung", in: Görres-Gesellschaft (ed.): Staatslexikon, Band 4, 8. Auflage, Freiburg im Breisgau: Verlag Herder, 2020, 49-51.
Uebelmesser, S. (2016): "The Economics of Free Movement and Market Integration", in: M. Ruffert (ed.): European Economy and People's Mobiliy, Studien zum europäischen und deutschen Öffentlichen Recht (EuDÖR), Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2016, 71-81.
Uebelmesser, S. (2016): "Die Richtigen?!", in: G. Felbermayr, M. Knoche and L. Wößmann (eds.): Hans-Werner Sinn und 25 Jahre Wirtschaftspolitik, Hanser, Munich, 232-233.
Gérard, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2014): "Financing Higher Education when Students and Graduates are Internationally Mobile", in: M. Gérard und S. Uebelmesser (eds.): From Mobility of Students to Mobility if the Highly Skilled: Implications for Fiscal and Economic Policy, CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press, Cambr., MA, 145-188.
Gérard, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2014): "Introduction", in: M. Gérard und S. Uebelmesser (eds.): From Mobility of Students to Mobility if the Highly Skilled: Implications for Fiscal and Economic Policy, CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press, Cambr., MA, 1-12.
Gérard, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2013): "Universités et Hautes Ecoles belges dans le nouveau paysage de l'enseignement supérieur Européen : performance et défis", in: Ph. Maystadt et al. (eds.): Le modéle social belge: quel avenir? 20ème Congrès des économistes belges de langue française, Presses Interuniversitaires de Charleroi, Charleroi 889-923.
Uebelmesser, S. (2013): Wider den Fachkräftemangel: Bildung und Migration, in: K. Konrad u. a. (eds.): Die Zukunft der Wohlfahrtsgesellschaft, Campus Verlag, Frankfurt, 169-192.
Casarico, A., C. Devillanova, O. Stark and S. Uebelmesser (2009): International Migration, Human Capital Formation and the Setting of Migration Control Policies: Mapping the Gains, in: J. Kornai, L. Mátyás and G. Roland (eds.): Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 169-186.
Casarico, A., O. Stark and S. Uebelmesser (2009): An Optimal Selective Migration Policy in the Absence of Symmetric Information and in the Presence of Skill Formation Incentives, in: J. Kornai, L. Mátyás and G. Roland (eds.): Corruption, Development and Institutional Design, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 152-168.
Uebelmesser, S. (2007): Modernisierung der Sozialsysteme und Europäisierung der Sozialpolitik in Zeiten der Globalisierung, in: C. Linzback, U. Lübking, S. Scholz and B. Schulte (eds.): Globalisierung und Eurpäisches Sozialmodell, Nomos, Baden-Baden, 192-195.

Book Review

"Book Review: Yoshida, C., and Woodland, D.: The Economics of Illegal Immigration", Journal of Economics 89, 2006, 192-195.

Monographs

Uebelmesser, S. (2004): Unfunded Pension Systems: Ageing and Migration, Contributions to Economic Analysis 264, North-Holland: Amsterdam (Dissertation).
Uebelmesser, S. (2010): Migration and Education: Fiscal and Non-Fiscal Implications (Habilitation).

Editorship

Gérard, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2014): From Mobility of Students to Mobility of the Highly Skilled: Implications for Fiscal and Economic Policy, CESifo Seminar Series, MIT Press, Cambr., MA. Brief review in June 2016 edition of [PDF, 144 KB] DEChoices

Policy-oriented Contributions

For the statements of the Independent Advisory Board of the Stability Council regarding compliance with the upper limit for the structural general government budget deficit, please see here (German) and here (English).

Dickmann, P., S. Uebelmesser et al. (2024): Veröffentlichungen des Beirats zum SARS-2/CoVID-19- Pandemie- und Pandemiefolgenmanagement der Thüringer Landesregierung, Erfurt, 10 April 2024.
Uebelmesser, S. (2024): Zukunftsorientierte Wirtschaft und solide Finanzen, ifo Schnelldienst 02/2024. 9-12.
Dylong, P. and S. Uebelmesser (2024): Vorbehalte gegenüber Zuwanderung: Die Rolle von Kontakten und Informationen, ifo Dresden berichtet, 01/2024, 17-23.
Thum, C. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Gerüstet für die Verrentungswelle - Demografie und betriebliche Altersversorgung, Personalführung, 12/2023-1/2024, 50-56.
Uebelmesser, S., J. Schuetz, R. Baginski and C. Aprea (2023): Coronakrise: Auswirkungen auf die finanziellen Entscheidungen und Folgen für die Altersvorsorge, DIFIS-Impuls 2023/11.
Thum, C. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): The future of occupational pension schemes: challenges and opportunities of demographic change in Germany, White Paper, WTW, Frankfurt
Thum C. and S. Uebelmesser (2023): Demografischer Wandel – Folgen für die betriebliche Altersversorgung, White Paper, WTW, Frankfurt
Uebelmesser, S. (2023): Verteidigung als eine von mehreren großen Herausforderungen, ifo Schnelldienst 07/2023, 19-22.
Uebelmesser, S. (2022): Anreize zum Energiesparen als oberste Priorität, Wirtschaftsdienst 102(8), 584-586.
Uebelmesser, S. (2020): Investitionsstau: Verhindert die schwarze Null eine flächendeckende Modernisierung Deutschland? - Contra, VBKI Spiegel #258, 29/40.
Maghularia, R. and S. Uebelmesser (2019): Zuwanderung und Kriminalität in Deutschland, ifo Dresden berichtet 5/2019, Dresden, 20-25.
Casarico, A. and S. Uebelmesser (2018): Migration Policies and the Highly Skilled, ifo DICE Report 2018/1, 28-33.
Uebelmesser, S. (2017): Learn German - And Then What?, German Research 3/2017, Magazine of the German Science Foundation (DFG), 8-11. (also published in German as "Erst Deutsch lernen? Und dann?, forschung 3/2017, 8-11).
Haußen, T. and S. Uebelmesser (2016): Mobile Studenten, Forschung & Lehre 6/16, 492-493.
Haußen, T. and S. Uebelmesser (2015): Mobilität von Hochschulabsolventen in Deutschland, ifo Dresden berichtet 2/2015, Dresden, 42-50.
Haußen, T., J. Heider and S. Uebelmesser (2014): Wanderungsverhalten von Hochschulabsolventen, Thüringer Memo, Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Technologie.
Gérard, M. and S. Uebelmesser (2013): Globalization and access to higher education - policy implications, CESifo DICE Report 2013/2, 3-10.
Uebelmesser, S. (forthcoming): Contributions about: Einwanderungspolitik (Punktesystem), Einwanderungspolitik (Quotensystem), (Arbeitnehmer-)Freizügigkeit in der EU, Green Card, Blue Card, Einbürgerungsprinzipien (ius snguinis; ius soli), MIPEX, Fachkräftemangel (MINT), Wohlfahrtsmagnet ("welfare magnet"), Elemente der Zuwanderungspolitik (Integrationskurs, Vorrangprüfung, Verdienstgrenze), Internet-Lexikon der Volkswirtschaft (ifo Lex), Ifo Institute, Munich.
Uebelmesser, S. (2013): Bildung für die Zukunft, Zukunftsreader 2020, Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Technologie, 108-111.
Uebelmesser, S. (2011): Zuwanderungspolitik - Wir müssen Deutschland für qualifizierte Arbeitskräfte attraktiv machen, in: G. Milbradt, G. Nerb, W. Ochel and H.-W. Sinn (eds.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser Verlag Munich, 94-95.
Uebelmesser, S. (2011): Einwanderung - Keine Lösung des Bevölkerungsproblems, in: G. Milbradt, G. Nerb, W. Ochel and H.-W. Sinn (eds.): Der ifo Wirtschaftskompass, Carl Hanser Verlag Munich, 90-91.
Holzner, C., S. Munz and S. Uebelmesser (2009): Fiskalische Wirkungen der Auswanderung ausgewählter Berufsgruppen, ifo Schnelldienst 17, 28-33.
Sinn, H.-W. and S. Uebelmesser (2000): Rentenreform, strategische Mehrheit und demographische Entwicklung: Wann kippt Deutschland um?, ifo Schnelldienst 28-29, 20-25.

Research Reports

"The Role and Impact of Labour Taxation Policies" (coordinators: Alessandra Casarico et al.; own role: expert for Germany and Austria), Report for the European Commission (Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities DG), 2010-11.
"Fiskalische Wirkungen der Auswanderung ausgewählter Berufsgruppen" (with Christian Holzner and Sonja Munz), Report for the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR), 2009.
"Labour Mobility in Europe: Who Migrates Where, and Why?" (with Martin Werding, Kai A. Konrad, Sonja Munz, Herbert Hofmann - in cooperation with Gilles Saint-Paul), Report within the framework of the Leibniz project "how to Construct Europe? Challenges for the European Welfare State", 2007-2008.
"International Economic Research and Policy Advice in Europe: Assessment of Institutional Capacities" (with Siegfried Schönherr, Jutta Albrecht, Heidemarie Sherman), Report for the Federal Ministry of Finance, 2003.
"Old-Age Provision in Ageing Societies: Equity, Efficiency, and Sustainability" (with Robert Fenge and Martin Werding), Report for the Eocnomic and Social Research Institute (ESRI, Japan), 2002.